Wheeled cultivator.



(I. S. KENDIG. WHEELED OULTIV ATOR APPLIOATIOH FILED 1330.16, 1905.

PATENTBD DEC. 10, 1907.

2 SHEETS+SHBET 2.

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Specification of Letters PatentJ fatez ted Dee.-

Application filedDeeeiiiber 15,1905. ser al-m. 291,895.}

Beit known that I, JACOB "enema,

citizen-of the United States, and resident of Y orl York county, and .State of Pennsylvae ma, have invented certain new and useful 1m rovements in W'heeled Cultivators, of whleh t-hefollowing is a specification.

T This-invention comprises improvements in wheeledv cultivators whichpermi t of balancing the cultivator uponits'wheele andat the same time the wheels by foot" or hand power int usual manner, in-ogtherwords,

the invention comprises a balanced pivot axle cultivator. a In the accompany ng drawings, F gure Ins ya perspeetive'viewof .a wheeled cultivator embodying the present invention, a portion of the frame being-broken away and one of ,the wheels removed; Fig. 2 is a plan view 2. Fi 3 enlarged rear view; of one'of-the illustrating the steering and balancing-devices axles, showing its connection with the main the line 5 of Figs. 3-and 4..

beam or arch; Fig. ,4 is a bottom plan view'of a art of the universal oint connecting the ax e with the beam; and F 1g. 5 1s 'a'sectlon on Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the main beam which is supported on arms 2 carrying the short axles 3 upon which the supporting wheels 4 are journaled. Tlieyarious parts of the cultivator are supported elther from the beam 1 or from the frame 5 which, togetherwith the beam, constitutethe main frame of the machine. 6 imlicates the gangs of plows which may be of any suitable construction and connected 'to'the frame in any suitablemaimer. As shown, they are adapted to be raised and lowered by handles 7.

The arms 2 are so connected with the .trans- T 0 permit of these movements the arms are connected with the beam 1 by umversal omts,

- which as shown are constructed as follows:

Rigidly comiectedatjeaeh end of the beam 1 is a plate which is preferably rov ded with.

a central socket 9. B'e'neatht e plates'is a c o 'rre'spon ling; plate 10 having a. central stud or projection l 1 adapted to turn in the socket .9. Q'lhe plate 10- is p'revided with curyed slots 12 which are concentric with. the pivot.-

"11 and the plates areiotatahly connected l y-; means of bolts or pins 13 Passing loosely a foot rest'lSf through the slotS IZQ' On the nndersi-deof As shown in F1 .19 wl'iichar'e connected'by a l1l1k'20. As the upon'its wheels thearms 2 are-connected by means of :linksi 21 with arms 22 fixed upon arock shaft 23. Therock shaft is provided the hand lever 24.

in combination, means for steering the'wheels' of a cultivator 'and means for movin the the frame tobalance the cultivator. This wit hout limiting myself to the particular de- Whatl claim and desire to secure b L t ters Patent is,f Y

.. 2. In a wheeled cultivator, the combination rearward to balance the cultivator. v 3. In a wheeled: cultivator, the combma turning said axles to "steer the cultivator, and means for movm; sanl :1:.\'l s forward and em I! ivator.

It will be seen that my invention -inclndes,-

a so] combination I claim broadly as my inventionwith the transverse supporting beam, of a pair of axle su'p ort'ing' arms each'connect'edwith" said beam y joints permitting said arms tol turn for'steeringandto rock forward and --.l. l-na'wheeled cultivater, the, combine-C I tion with the irame including a transverse- Y the plate 10 is apro'ecting hub-1,4 to whi'eh is '60 the arms 2 is 'theus'ual steeringlever 17 having srjl and 2,-the'plates-1Q A are provided with oi'wardly projecting arms .1

65 .plates 10 and the arms 19 turn with 'the axles 3, it willbe evident'1thatthe wheels will always be maintained aralleh bythe link 1' '.l.'o provide for ba ancingthe cultivator '70 with a ha'ndlever 24 bymeansof-which the 4 wheel arms 2 may be rocked about their pivots2 5 and the arms 2 maybe locked in any desired position by means 'ofa toothed segment 26 and'a bolt 27- which -ismountedon.

wheels backward andforw'ard relative y to 5 tails of construction illustrated and described-.-

'1. In awheeledcultivator, the combina- .tion with the frame, of two independent axles,- supporting wheels mounted on said a. \les,'.. means for turning sa d axles to steer t-hecul- .tivator, and means for shifting the axles rela tively to the frame to balance-the cultivator."

tion with the transverse supporting beam,- of a pair of axle supporting-arms connected with said beam-by suitable om ts, meansfor rearward relative to the beam to balance the f 

